The Invader

Amazing Stories, November, 1948

"Cold Ghost" by Chester S. Geier

"All Hager had to do was slow the dogsled to a walk, and his partner died. A perfect crime—no chance to get caught!"


"Day of the Druid" by Knut Enferd

"Be'al, all-powerful god, drank the blood of his victims. Would Gaar be able to save Marna, whom Be'al kept in eternal sleep, and avenge her people?"

Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, February, 1953

"The Invader" by Alfred Coppel

"Invading Earth was going to be a cinch, the Triomed scout decided. But to make certain he must study its inhabitants—as one of them!"

IF Worlds of Science Fiction, June, 1954

The Colonists by Raymond F. Jones

"If historical precedent be wrong—what qualities, then, must man possess to successfully colonize new worlds? Doctor Ashby said: "There is no piece of data you cannot find, provided you can devise the proper experimental procedure for turning it up." Now—about the man and the procedure...."


"The Ordeal of Colonel Johns" by George H. Smith

"Colonel Johns, that famous Revolutionary War hero, had the unique—and painful—experience of meeting his great-great-great-great granddaughter. Now maybe you can't change history, but what's there to prevent a soldier from changing his mind about the gal he is going to marry?"

Amazing Stories, February, 1957

"The Next Time We Die" by Robert Moore Williams

"We journey to far places, driven on by ideals. We fight for lost causes, sacrificing our lives because the things we fight for seem worthwhile. But are we right? Are they worth being killed over? Perhaps. Then again, maybe we'll know better—The Next Time We Die."



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The Test Colony

Amazing Stories, December, 1942

The Time Mirror by Dwight V. Swain (as by Clark South)

"Here was a strange mirror indeed! It reflected an image all right, but not an image from the same era in history!"

Amazing Stories, January, 1943

"Direct Wire" by David Wright O'Brien (as by Clee Garson)

"Mort and Mike got strange calls on this phone; they didn't come through Central!"

IF Worlds of Science Fiction, March, 1954

"The Worlds of Joe Shannon" by Frank M. Robinson

"Strumming a harp while floating on a white cloud might be Paradise for some people, but it would bore others stiff. Given an unlimited chance to choose your ideal world, what would you specify—palaces or log cabins?"

IF Worlds of Science Fiction, June, 1954

"The Holes and John Smith" by Edward W. Ludwig

"He was something out of a nightmare but his music was straight from heaven. He was a ragged little man out of a hole but he was money in the bank to Stanley's four-piece combo. He was—whoops!..."

If Worlds of Science Fiction, September, 1954

The Test Colony by Winston K. Marks

"Benson did his best to keep his colony from going native, but what can you do when the Natives have a rare human intelligence and know all about the facts of life?"



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The Doors of Death

Weird Tales, October, 1936

"The Doors of Death" by Arthur B. Waltermire

"A strange and curious story is this, about a banker whose only fear was that he might be buried alive, like his grandfather before him."



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Black Amazon of Mars

The War in the Air (1908) by H. G. Wells

"It was only very slowly that Bert got hold of this idea that the whole world was at war, that he formed any image at all of the crowded countries south of these Arctic solitudes stricken with terror and dismay as these new-born aerial navies swept across their skies."

Amazing Stories, January, 1943

"The Chameleon Man" by William P. McGivern

"Perfect adaptation, that's what it was. When a human being can blend with his surroundings, funny things can happen!"

Planet Stories, March 1951

Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett

"Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!

IF Worlds of Science Fiction, January, 1953

"No one knew, no one cared. For a great lethargy was overcoming the people and their only salvation was—"

"The Last Gentleman" by Rory Magill


Ye of Little Faith by Rog Phillips

"It matters not whether you believe or disbelieve. Reality is not always based on logic; nor, particularly, are the laws of the universe...."


"The Anglers of Arz" by Roger Dee

"In order to make Izaak Walton's sport complete, there must be an angler, a fish, and some bait. All three existed on Arz but there was a question as to which was which."

Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, January, 1953

Spillthrough by Daniel F. Galouye

"Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second—if the crews were to live. But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!"

Galaxy Science Fiction, February, 1954

"Project Hush" by William Tenn

"The biggest job in history and it had to be done with complete secrecy. It was—which was just the trouble!"

IF Worlds of Science Fiction, February, 1958

"The Standardized Man" by Stephen Bartholomew

"The dilemma of "The Man in the White Suit" was but a minor irritation compared to Charles and his "all-weather" suit!"



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Earthsmith

Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, January, 1953

Adolescents Only by Irving E. Cox, Jr.

"Elvin wasn't sure how it had started—maybe it was the Schermerhorn twins—or the mysterious "meteorite"—or else the world had gone crazy...."


Earthsmith by Milton Lesser

"Nobody at the Interstellar Space School had ever heard of Earth so naturally they treated Smith with contempt—or was it an innate fear?..."


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Time Enough at Last

Amazing Stories, December, 1942

"Monsoons of Death" by William P. McGivern (as by Gerald Vance)

"Ward Harrison got himself into a barrel of trouble when he accepted a job at the Martian Observation Station. There were fearful "things" on Mars...."

Planet Stories, March 1951

"The Envoy, Her" by H. B. Fyfe

"The Emperor must be getting old, they thought, to deal so mercifully with the upstart Jursan Rebels—which was quite true. He was not too young to dream...."

If Worlds of Science Fiction, March, 1952

The Hell Ship by Raymond A. Palmer

"The passengers rocketed through space in luxury. But they never went below decks because rumor had it that Satan himself manned the controls of The Hell Ship."

IF Worlds of Science Fiction, January, 1953

"Time Enough at Last" by Lyn Venable

"The atomic bomb meant, to most people, the end.
To Henry Bemis it meant something far different—a thing to appreciate and enjoy."

Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, January, 1953

"Restricted Tool" by Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr.

"Finders, keepers, is an unwritten law. But the gadget Clark accidentally found had a special set of rules governing its use by whom—and when!"

IF Worlds of Science Fiction, March 1953

"The Salesman" by Waldo T. Boyd

"SALESMAN'S GUIDE, RULE 2: The modern 1995 customer who enters Tracy's Department Store is not always right, but as far as you are concerned, he is."

Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1954

"Back to Julie" by Richard Wilson

"The side-shuffle is no dance step. It's the choice between making time ... and doing time!"



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Tiger Cat

Weird Tales, August-September, 1936

"In the Dark" by Ronal Kayser

"It was a tale of sheer horror that old Asa Gregg poured into the dictaphone."


"The Diary of Philip Westerly" by Paul Compton

"A strange, brief tale of the terrible fear inspired by a man's horrendous reflection in a mirror."


"The Medici Boots" by Pearl Norton Swet

"The amethyst-covered boots had been worn by an evil wanton in medieval Florence—but what malefic power did they carry over into our own time?"

Weird Tales, October, 1937

"Tiger Cat" by David H. Keller, M.D.

"A grim tale of torture, and the blind men who were chained to pillars in an underground cave."



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